’GHFC Publications’

The GHFC Podcast #19: ’2022 Corporate Culture Survey’

In GHFC Podcast #19 I will be sharing with you a recent article by The GHFC as published on Sourceable.net, titled: ‘Australia Must Improve Corporate Culture in Workplaces’ (Feb 2022)

'Corporate Culture - (the norms that define ‘why we exist,’ ‘what we believe in’ and ‘how we do things’) - dictates how employees treat each other and experience the workplace'.

The survey is still open and will stay open until the responses dry up. Have your say at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V8FBL8Z

The GHFC Podcast #18 - Corporate Culture is broken when it comes to workplace mental health well being!

Hi everyone, Charles here from ‘The GHFC’, with Podcast #18 (January 2022)

Today I will be sharing with you recent revelations as to how Corporate Culture in 2022 has a lot to answer for in relation to anti-social workplace issues such as Inequality, Discrimination, Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment being endemic in the workplace, resulting in an environment that is conducive to reduced mental health well-being.

The GHFC Podcast #17 - Presentation to Construction Engineering Under Graduates at UTS, Sydney

In Podcast #17 you will hear the presentation I had the privilege to present to over 100 final year undergraduate construction engineering students at UTS (University Technology Sydney), on the topic of ‘Workplace Mental Health Well Being’ and ‘Toxicity in the Workplace’,  facilitated by Professor Martin Loosemore.

Martin is Professor of Construction Management at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, being a Visiting Professor at The University of Loughborough, UK and University of Hawaii, USA, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building. Martin has published 14 books and over 250 internationally refereed articles, with his work in academia and in industry receiving numerous international awards.

The GHFC Podcast #16: ‘One thing led to another...‘

In Podcast #16 we hear how a sequence of events over the last two years resulted in a veritable WIN-WIN situation in the progress of global workplace mental health well being...

The GHFC Podcast #15: Conversation with Gus Worland - Gotcha4Life

In this podcast I am delighted to introduce Gus Worland to share just a few of his many experiences and insightful messages alongside his team at Gotcha4Life.

‘Gotcha4Life is a not-for-profit foundation creating meaningful mateship and building mental fitness, emotional muscle and social connection in local communities to end suicide’.

To Pledge your support to 'Mind Your Mate' simply click on the link below:

https://www.gotcha4life.org/mindyourmate

 

The GHFC Podcast #14 - What is your ‘Individual Type’?

In this podcast I will be sharing with you a recent article by The GHFC as published on Sourceable.net, entitled: What is your ‘Individual Type’?

The article seeks to explain the intricate, yet insightful processes involved in 'Individual Type Profiling' in the workplace. This is by no means a negative article, in fact it is extremely positive and optimistic...please listen away...

The GHFC Podcast #13 - 'Mental Health well being is a legitimate reason to take a break.'

In this GHFC Blog, we visit the premise that ‘Mental health well-being is a legitimate reason to take a break - here’s how to make the most of one’, being based on an article in The Age by Nicola Heath, a freelance journalist specialising in business, the workplace and health.

The GHFC Podcast #12: Launching the NEWT ('Need to Eradicate Workplace Toxicity') Petition.

In this podcast I would like to share with you developments in the call from ‘The GHFC’ to eradicate toxicity from the workplace, including the raising of the ‘NEWT’ (The 'Need to Eradicate Workplace Toxicity') petition.

'The media is overflowing with revelations of workplace toxicity, be it bullying, intimidation, harassment or discrimination, with stories from the executive level to white collar, blue collar even on the shop floor, across all sectors!'

'Workplace bullies are people who belittle, humiliate and threaten their colleagues and co‐workers'.

'Organisational cultures exacerbate the problem when leaders either do not understand workplace bullying or dismiss it as tough management.'

The GHFC Podcast #11 - ‘How supportive of Mental Health Well Being is your workplace?’

Hi everyone, Charles here from ‘The GHFC’, with Podcast #11.  I would like to share with you an upcoming feature scheduled to appear on Sourceable.net, a leading Construction Industry website, posing the question: ‘How supportive of Mental Health Well Being is your workplace?’

The GHFC Podcast #10: Excerpts from GHFC 'Books of Blogs'

In this podcast I share excerpts from previously published ‘GHFC Books of Blogs’.

• July 2018:  'Don’t let your Inner Voice define you!'
• December 2018: 'A message from the Chair of RUOK?, Mike Connaghan'
• January 2019: ‘Do you ever have days when it feels ..not very Okay at all!’ by A.A Milne
• July 2019: Who are the 'Black Dog Institute?'